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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Prelude
Rubato
Root
Leading note
2. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Symphony
Recital
Tone less
Nocturne
3. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Motif
Intermezzo
Major
Contralto
4. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Parody
Fourth
Stretto
Finale
5. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Oratorio
Homophony
Rondo
Overture
6. Repetition of a single tone.
Musette
Clef
Theme
Monotone
7. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Major
Introduction
Scherzo
Operetta
8. Indicating speed.
Tempo
Pitch
Development
Tonal
9. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Interpretation
Phrase
Slide
Conductor
10. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Medley
Sequence
Counterpoint
Flat
11. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Progression
Castrato
Duet
Minuet
12. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Tritone
Tablature
Ostinato
Modulation
13. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Operetta
Fourth
Classicism
Chamber music
14. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Presto
Opus
Interpretation
Mezzo
15. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Part
Gregorian Chant
Relative major and minor
Sonata
16. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Etude
Resonance
Sonata form
Reed
17. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Mezzo
Encore
Triad
Temperament
18. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Beat
Quintet
Deceptive cadence
Finale
19. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Tuning
Movement
Partita
Motif
20. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Key
Finale
Octave
Motif
21. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Pastoral
Pentatonic Scale
Renaissance
Legato
22. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Intermezzo
Fermata
Neoclassical
Resonance
23. The movement of chords in succession.
Dissonance
Progression
Round
Unison
24. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Grazioso
Monotone
Overture
Triad
25. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Measure
Accessible
Interlude
Tremolo
26. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Chorus
Motif
Obbligato
Mezzo
27. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Baroque
Chorus
Concerto
Trio
28. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Chorus
Quintet
Ostinato
Voice
29. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Staccato
Key
Sonata
Form
30. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Minor
Scale
Reed
Deceptive cadence
31. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Falsetto
Madrigal
Chorale
Major
32. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Trill
Unison
Tone
Homophony
33. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Interval
Recapitulation
Forte
Accelerando
34. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Espressivo
Tuning
Presto
EnharmonicInterval
35. A musical form where the principal theme is repeated several times. The rondo was often used for the final movements of classical sonata form works.
Leitmotif
Monotone
Progression
Rondo
36. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Resonance
Major
Unison
Expressionism
37. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Classical
Impromptu
Sextet
Cavatina
38. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Flat
Scale
Beat
Cadenza
39. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Concert master
Phrase
Exposition
Allegro
40. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Chorus
Chromatic scale
Overture
Rubato
41. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Tune
Concert master
Requiem
Refrain
42. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Theme
Opus
Register
Key signature
43. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Ostinato
Deceptive cadence
Grazioso
Atonal
44. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Cavatina
Chord
Accelerando
Triplet
45. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Operetta
Maestro
Modulation
Chord
46. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Song cycle
Hymn
Operetta
Natural
47. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Canon
Song cycle
Theme
Round
48. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Flat
Opus
Serenade
Parody
49. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Oratorio
Concerto
Ligature
Pentatonic Scale
50. A direction to play expressively.
Espressivo
Whole note
Song cycle
Contralto